Professor Toynbee oversaw the publication of The Survey of International Affairs published by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs from 1925 to 1977.
According to his analysis of civilizations the well-being of a civilization depends on its ability to deal successfully with challenges. He presented history as the rise and fall of civilizations rather than nation-states or ethnic groups. This massive work examined the growth, development and decay of civilizations. While Professor Toynbee's Gifford Lectures were published as An Historian's Approach to Religion (1956) he is best known for his 12-volume A Study of History (1934-1961). He was a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. During both world wars he worked for the British Foreign Office. From 1925 until 1955 Professor Toynbee served as research professor and Director of Studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Toynbee was professor of modern Greek and Byzantine history at King's College, London. Boulter, his research assistant.įrom 1919 to 1924 Arnold J. Professor Toynbee then married Veronica M. His first marriage to Rosalind Murray, with whom he had three sons, ended in divorce in 1946. He was the nephew of economic historian Arnold Toynbee, with whom he is sometimes confused. He was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford.
The British historian Arnold Joseph Toynbee was born in London on 14 April 1889 and died on 22 October 1975 in York, North Yorkshire, England.
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